Thread: Wood veneers in Thailand

Hi all,

Does anyone know where i can go to look at and perhaps buy wood veneers in or around Pattaya?

I know the theory of how to apply veneers via internet and DIY books but never actually done so, so maybe also a carpenter that does this?

I can't add attachments yet, but what i have done is design a fireplace surround for my living room. It'll be manly made from wood panelling but i'd like to find a white wood veneer for it if possible.

Any ideas most welcome

Thanks

Dave B

A fireplace.
In Pattaya.

Originally Posted by Necron99

A fireplace.
In Pattaya.

Yes. It's the fire place surround i have designed. The top of the mantle piece, the two pillars eaither side, and a top fitting section will perfectly frame a flat screen TV.

The 'fireplace' itself will have a marble section where the fire should be, but behind a smoked glass door will be hidden the home cinema and DVD units. The hearth will also be marble.

Would be so much better if i could post attachements/photos. I thought i read it would be after 5 threads i started but i still can't. A picture paints a 100 words as it were.

Dave

Dave

Originally Posted by rovingdave

Would be so much better if i could post attachements/photos. I thought i read it would be after 5 threads i started but i still can't. A picture paints a 100 words as it were.

Dave

Dave

You can't post pics from your computer. They have to be on the web somewhere, such as photobucket. You then copy the url, and use img tags afterwards.

Photobucket will automatically copy the img tags and the url for you as well.

Hope this helps. Looking forward to seeing the "fireplace" too!
Steve

Originally Posted by stevefarang

Originally Posted by rovingdave

Would be so much better if i could post attachements/photos. I thought i read it would be after 5 threads i started but i still can't. A picture paints a 100 words as it were.

Dave

Dave

You can't post pics from your computer. They have to be on the web somewhere, such as photobucket. You then copy the url, and use img tags afterwards.

Photobucket will automatically copy the img tags and the url for you as well.

Hope this helps. Looking forward to seeing the "fireplace" too!
Steve

OK thanks Steve,

Last 2 days been hectic as i go home tomorrow so been running around getting things ready. When i'm home and can sit in peace i'll follow one of the tutorials in the Forum. However, it does still say in my profile "you MAY NOT post attachements" ???? doesn't this cover photos?

Cheers

Dave

The best place to buy vaneer in thailand is pacific wood in bangkok. They will send it by post if you know what wood you need. They have a website not sure if they list all the vaneer range on there or not..they sent me 4 catalogs with many different wood types from all over the world....not sure if they would send that to you if you only wanted a few strips....we buy in bulk when we order and have done for many years

Originally Posted by cymru

....we buy in bulk when we order and have done for many years

Do YOU do veneer wood jobs if you buy in bulk or carpentry jobs then? If so i could send my plans and maybe get a price?

regards

Dave

Photos are not attachments.
No one cane post attachments.
Photos are hot linked from wherever you host them on the web.

Originally Posted by rovingdave

design a fireplace surround for my living room

as that is a fairly small piece, why not make it in solid wood?

it would look good in teak or mahogany

Originally Posted by DrAndy

Originally Posted by rovingdave

design a fireplace surround for my living room

as that is a fairly small piece, why not make it in solid wood?

it would look good in teak or mahogany

I agree with the teak if it were in any other room. I have teak panelling in our master bedroom and in the TV room and it looks beautiful.

But the living room is done out in an Italian style. I have double walled the living room so i could insert arches and different shaped spaces for some statues and ornaments. These are framed with alabaster coving which are painted white and the walls are peach coloured. That's why i was thinking good white wood veneer would suit. Good white wood, with a nice grain, i presume would be hard to get and maybe prohibitively expensive?

I'll have time day after tomorrow to sit and upload and post photos so you'll see better what i mean.

Tks

Dave

rubber wood is white, not expensive

Originally Posted by DrAndy

rubber wood is white, not expensive

Good call Doc.

I've just been reading up on it. I never realised it was a hardwood. In fact i knew little about it.

I think that may be the way to go.

Any rubber wood suppliers around Pattaya / Chonburi / Rayong areas? I'd like to go see the wood before buying it as opposed to relying on a builder. If i can get the time, i may build it myself, it's pretty straight forward.

Thks

Dave

Originally Posted by rovingdave

Originally Posted by DrAndy

rubber wood is white, not expensive

Good call Doc.

I've just been reading up on it. I never realised it was a hardwood. In fact i knew little about it.

I think that may be the way to go.

Any rubber wood suppliers around Pattaya / Chonburi / Rayong areas? I'd like to go see the wood before buying it as opposed to relying on a builder. If i can get the time, i may build it myself, it's pretty straight forward.

Thks

Dave

You can buy it down a bit towards the sukhumvit road opposite the bus stop that goes to bangkok in north pattaya...you will see a shop selling furniture making supplies..is looks like a couple of small shop houses from the front but when they take you out the back there is a big warehouse there.....another option is to use formica, they sell it there...formica has come along way and some of the stuff they have these days is really difficult to tell that it is not real wood..not like the stuff they had in the 70's

Originally Posted by cymru

Originally Posted by rovingdave

Originally Posted by DrAndy

rubber wood is white, not expensive

Good call Doc.

I've just been reading up on it. I never realised it was a hardwood. In fact i knew little about it.

I think that may be the way to go.

Any rubber wood suppliers around Pattaya / Chonburi / Rayong areas? I'd like to go see the wood before buying it as opposed to relying on a builder. If i can get the time, i may build it myself, it's pretty straight forward.

Thks

Dave

You can buy it down a bit towards the sukhumvit road opposite the bus stop that goes to bangkok in north pattaya...you will see a shop selling furniture making supplies..is looks like a couple of small shop houses from the front but when they take you out the back there is a big warehouse there.....another option is to use formica, they sell it there...formica has come along way and some of the stuff they have these days is really difficult to tell that it is not real wood..not like the stuff they had in the 70's

Terrific. I live only 5 mins drive from there. I'll go look tomorrow as I'm now en route home.

Cheers

Dave

Originally Posted by cymru

Originally Posted by rovingdave

Originally Posted by DrAndy

rubber wood is white, not expensive

Good call Doc.

I've just been reading up on it. I never realised it was a hardwood. In fact i knew little about it.

I think that may be the way to go.

Any rubber wood suppliers around Pattaya / Chonburi / Rayong areas? I'd like to go see the wood before buying it as opposed to relying on a builder. If i can get the time, i may build it myself, it's pretty straight forward.

Thks

Dave

You can buy it down a bit towards the sukhumvit road opposite the bus stop that goes to bangkok in north pattaya...you will see a shop selling furniture making supplies..is looks like a couple of small shop houses from the front but when they take you out the back there is a big warehouse there.....another option is to use formica, they sell it there...formica has come along way and some of the stuff they have these days is really difficult to tell that it is not real wood..not like the stuff they had in the 70's

Hi all,

Many, many thanks.

It is the TOA building that you were talking about Cymru. What a terrific range of wood they have.

They have the rubber tree wood and a small selection of veneers also. I'll think about it over the weekend what i'm going to use and re-do my plans a little to incorporate the wood sizes they have in stock eg instead of having 120 mm x 120 mm posts i can live with the 90mm x 90mm ones that they have.

Thanks all,

Dave

I normally go to the one on the side not the toa shop...it is in the same street as the bus stop...not on the sukhumvit...but I think they could be all linked together because that whole block on the corner is wood supplies and when they take you to get the wood round the back I think maybee it could be part of the toa shop..but not sure...there is also another wharehouse bhind that again full off wood which is part of the company that sells from the shophouses out the front....i was there yesterday and they have rubberwood sheets out the back

Originally Posted by rovingdave

But the living room is done out in an Italian style. I have double walled the living room so i could insert arches and different shaped spaces for some statues and ornaments. These are framed with alabaster coving which are painted white and the walls are peach coloured. That's why i was thinking good white wood veneer would suit. Good white wood, with a nice grain, i presume would be hard to get and maybe prohibitively expensive?

blimey, all a bit grand!!

Hope this works!

Can someone tell me if it worked? Sometimes on the company computer it doeasnt allow for external downloads so won't let me see it.

tks Dave

I find that the trouble of making thingy's to fit TV's is that TV's change but the thingy's can't

Originally Posted by splitlid

I find that the trouble of making thingy's to fit TV's is that TV's change but the thingy's can't

I have measured up everything for a 60" TV in place. This is the living room and it's just really my wife and daughter that watches tv in there so it will be the same telly for many,many years to come. 5 or 6 years down the line i'll cross that bridge when i come to it.

I have a TV room that i'll probably set up a decent projector in with a small bar for me and my mates to watch big sports games and me to watch movies as loud as i want.

Dave

Originally Posted by splitlid

I find that the trouble of making thingy's to fit TV's is that TV's change but the thingy's can't

Have to agree with Split. Flat screens are so well designed now that framing them seems pointless. We use a lot of wall mounted LED monitors in our interiors and never frame them like we used to in the past before flatscreens.

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Originally Posted by DrAndy

it would look good in teak or mahogany

and where my friend wood i be able to get some mahogany? not for my fireplace but for a new guitar, here in the stikks everyone mahokany, but noone actually know where to find it.

We use this company for all of our veneer specification. They are probably the biggest company in Thailand for veneer.

Siam Woodland